New Jewelry

I'm resuming my blogging activity with some new projects that I want to share with you.
Lately, I've been devoting myself to designing, handcrafting and sculpting some pieces of jewelry that were in my mind for quite some time now.

The first one is an assembled necklace, made of polymer clay, metal pieces, fake leather, varnish and recycled foam circles.
I always try to stick to my ideals in crafting, which can be summarized in "the use of something new to tell a new story & something old that already has a background story". It's very important for me to get the perfect balance between the need to create something new and the challenge of forseeing how an old piece can be harnessed. I'm always on the search for new materials (I buy a lot from stores that carry new "salvaged" goods), to combine them with other items that can be recycled even when their use is unconventional. That's pretty much how I came up with this necklace. I wanted to create something colorful, eye-catching and full of joy and elegance at the same time; a piece that would have its own character and that could highlight and enhance any garment. Geometry and abstract shapes always do it for me.
I also made another pair of necklaces, a bit more simple, in silver and gold hues to match this one and allow me to "play" with them on many possible combinations:


You can see how I wore this piece @ my fashion blog wendyZine.

I want to end this post with a curious anecdote that happened to me the other day, while I was working on these necklaces. I received a friendly visit from this sweet little creature:

I thought it was worth an entire post, so I just had to write something about him in my Wendygital blog.